Is Cindy Sheehan a politician or activist?

Cindy Sheehan has announced that she will run for Nancy Pelosi’s House seat if nothing is done to stop the war soon. To set the record
straight, Cindy Sheehan has never represented the anti-war community.

She represents the disillusioned mothers community who jumped on the anti-war bandwagon only after they experienced personal losses. Casey Sheehan went to Iraq voluntarily; we haven’t had a draft since 1973. His mission in Iraq was to kill the children of Iraqi mothers, and Cindy never uttered a single syllable against the war until it was her son who died. And now she thinks Americans will elect her to Congress and rally behind her? What a hypocrite! Enough of these fly-by-night anti-war activists. You are either with us, or you are against us.

My earlier comments were deleted, and I’m hoping that the person who is monitoring this forum has a child or has actually fought in Iraq, so they have some sort of empathy and allow my post to stay up.

What I posted was;

What kind of a person calls a woman who lost her child a fly-by-night anti-war activist?

This woman gave the greatest gift anybody could give for this country…HER SON!!!

So, again, if you cannot prove that you have actually fought in this war like so many of us have, or are currently signed up to go and fight, than I and the others who have either fought or had a son or daughter die will be accepting you apology with your next post.

Pauly

My earlier comments were deleted, and I’m hoping that the person who is monitoring this forum has a child or has actually fought in Iraq, so they have some sort of empathy and allow my post to stay up.

What I posted was;

What kind of a person calls a woman who lost her child a fly-by-night anti-war activist?

This woman gave the greatest gift anybody could give for this country…HER SON!!!

So, again, if you cannot prove that you have actually fought in this war like so many of us have, or are currently signed up to go and fight, than I and the others who have either fought or had a son or daughter die will be accepting you apology with your next post.

Pauly

I am seriously tired of you chicken-haws who question the patriotism of people who have either been there or had children die from this war for which the military was never intended for.

This president had misused and mismanaged this army to the point that the only kids coming out of high school that are willing to actually join are the poorest of the poor.

I would rather want a president that was a diplomat who reluctantly had to become a war president, than a president who was (wanted to be) a war president who reluctantly had to become a diplomat.

Pauly

I am seriously tired of you chicken-haws who question the patriotism of people who have either been there or had children die from this war for which the military was never intended for.

This president had misused and mismanaged this army to the point that the only kids coming out of high school that are willing to actually join are the poorest of the poor.

I would rather want a president that was a diplomat who reluctantly had to become a war president, than a president who was (wanted to be) a war president who reluctantly had to become a diplomat.

Brian

Prove that I have fought in this war? I would never participate in war crimes. And I will never apologize for condemning cold-blooded murder. Cindy Sheehan never protested the fact that her son was killing the children of Iraqi mothers. She jumped on the bandwagon, got a lot of publicity, was supported with donations from thousands of people, bought a farm in Texas, and sold it for a profit. She is a war profiteer the same as anyone else who supports this war.

Yes, Bush should be held accountable for his crimes. But Bush wasn’t in Fallujah when entire families were brutally and maliciously slaughtered. Bush never fired a single bullet. Volunteers did the killing for him. The Iraqis who have killed Americans are defending their country. The Americans who have killed Iraqis are defending Halliburton. Make no mistake about this Pauly, you are no patriot.

Brian

Prove that I have fought in this war? I would never participate in war crimes. And I will never apologize for condemning cold-blooded murder. Cindy Sheehan never protested the fact that her son was killing the children of Iraqi mothers. She jumped on the bandwagon, got a lot of publicity, was supported with donations from thousands of people, bought a farm in Texas, and sold it for a profit. She is a war profiteer the same as anyone else who supports this war.

Yes, Bush should be held accountable for his crimes. But Bush wasn’t in Fallujah when entire families were brutally and maliciously slaughtered. Bush never fired a single bullet. Volunteers did the killing for him. The Iraqis who have killed Americans are defending their country. The Americans who have killed Iraqis are defending Halliburton. Make no mistake about this Pauly, you are no patriot.

Pauly

I noticed you didn’t allow my lat post to be printed. Understandable considering the insane position you have taken.

Here is a woman who has brought more attention to the illegitimacy of this war and the total failure we have as the current administration and president…all of which you seem to agree with…but than attack the very person who had done more to expose this fallacy that you or I could ever do?

Man, its incoherent arm chair political analysts like you that gives the far right ammunition to call us “Looney Liberals” Thanks for feeding into stereotypical nitch for all of us.

And as far as being a patriot, well, it’s obvious that you parents haven’t taken the time to to have you sit on there knee and explain what a patriot really is.

But you keep buying those tee-shirts and thinking those crazy liberal (patriotic) thoughts.

Pauly

I noticed you didn’t allow my lat post to be printed. Understandable considering the insane position you have taken.

Here is a woman who has brought more attention to the illegitimacy of this war and the total failure we have as the current administration and president…all of which you seem to agree with…but than attack the very person who had done more to expose this fallacy that you or I could ever do?

Man, its incoherent arm chair political analysts like you that gives the far right ammunition to call us “Looney Liberals” Thanks for feeding into stereotypical nitch for all of us.

And as far as being a patriot, well, it’s obvious that you parents haven’t taken the time to to have you sit on there knee and explain what a patriot really is.

But you keep buying those tee-shirts and thinking those crazy liberal (patriotic) thoughts.

Pauly

Here is a woman who took the blows, head on, from the religious right and the neo-cons for what she believed in. She took the blows so that others would have the strength to stand up and shout “HAY! This war was never needed, in fact it was based upon lies so that a few men could turn a profit. It was never about spreading democracy or protecting out land from a madman, or even for helping the Iraqi people. It was all one big lie! And People are dieing by the thousands!”

She helped to give strength to those who didn’t have strength…like people in red states who didn’t believe in this war. And she gave shame to motivate those who have the voice but kept it quiet…like our elected officials.

No…I don’t think its Cindy Sheehan that is the “attention seeker” here Brian. It’s obvious that it’s you. You condemn the war without really knowing why and you condemn one of it greatest opponents on the same fallacy that the propagators of this war fed to you

Shameful!

But in all honesty, I don’t think she has a snowballs chance in hell of getting elected. There are to many ignorant and scaired people like you to ever allow a person like her lead.

In Europe, she would win with a landslide.

Pauly

Here is a woman who took the blows, head on, from the religious right and the neo-cons for what she believed in. She took the blows so that others would have the strength to stand up and shout “HAY! This war was never needed, in fact it was based upon lies so that a few men could turn a profit. It was never about spreading democracy or protecting out land from a madman, or even for helping the Iraqi people. It was all one big lie! And People are dieing by the thousands!”

She helped to give strength to those who didn’t have strength…like people in red states who didn’t believe in this war. And she gave shame to motivate those who have the voice but kept it quiet…like our elected officials.

No…I don’t think its Cindy Sheehan that is the “attention seeker” here Brian. It’s obvious that it’s you. You condemn the war without really knowing why and you condemn one of it greatest opponents on the same fallacy that the propagators of this war fed to you

Shameful!

But in all honesty, I don’t think she has a snowballs chance in hell of getting elected. There are to many ignorant and scaired people like you to ever allow a person like her lead.

Vincent Carroll is The Denver Post's editorial page editor. He has been writing commentary on politics and public policy in Colorado since 1982 and was originally with the Rocky Mountain News, where he was also editor of the editorial pages until that newspaper gave up the ghost in 2009.

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